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The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament

By Orlando Patterson

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780674243064
DOI
10.4159/9780674243064
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4048509 bytes)
Pages
304\415
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 07:34:56

Description

Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world’s happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief.

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